Sunday, December 26, 2010

Running Times Winter Video

About a week ago, Running Times posted a "welcome-to-Winter" video that Joel Wolpert filmed here in Boulder back in mid-December. Joel was in town for a few days and was extremely lucky to be here for the first (and almost only) little snowfall of the season. I am very impressed with the nice 10min clip that Joel was able to put together with nothing more than a stedi-cam and a tripod to assist him and his camera. Great work, Joel! The video basically showcases my daily training grounds and is a rare instance of making them look almost as good as reality.

Joel also makes a concerted effort to include local bands in his videos, so I was happy to suggest Paper Bird and The Lumineers. Jocelyn and I have seen Paper Bird open for other acts (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros) and one of Jocelyn's law school friends was kind enough to invite us to this house party where theseclips of The Lumineers were recorded. Good stuff all around, and I think Joel did an excellent job of meshing the music with the running.

I know I'm about a week late with posting this, but I was back in Nebraska visiting my folks for the Christmas holiday this past week, and, well, the Interwebs still aren't very abundant where I grew up.

I’m training for the Way Too Cool 50K and the American River 50M and typically make it to Boulder for work every six week. Assuming Mother Nature cooperates, I plan to run Green Mtn. a few times before these events.

Awesome video brother. Can totally relate to your description of winter here in the Midwest. 25 degrees really isn't that bad until it's accompanied by a 30 mile per hour wind. You truely live in a runners paradise. Enjoy and take care

Thanks a ton for posting more video of you running. The music is awesome. Very inspiring, as so many have already said. Will Joel share what camera/techniques he used to get such steady and high quality video of you? Thanks for taking a camera out with you on so many runs to give us all both words and pics of your inspiring running.

Glad you all are enjoying the video. To answer a few questions...Charlie: Tony is right, the toaster shot was more focused on the shoes drying on the heat register, but I did like the toaster on the floor in the living room. It's just one of those quirky things that gives a room personality.Mike: I used a Canon 5Dmkii dSLR camera on a tripod and on a steadicam merlin for the running shots. This stuff just takes a bit of practice running sideways or backwards off to the side of the trail. It helps to have a willing subject and a beautiful landscape to work with.

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The ideal in the Lieh-Tzu is a state, not of withdrawal, but of heightened perceptiveness and responsiveness in an undifferentiated world. My mind concentrated and my body relaxed, bones and flesh fused completely, I drifted with the wind East or West, like a leaf from a tree or a dry husk, and never knew whether it was the wind that rode me or I that rode the wind. -The Book of Lieh-Tzu